Archives - 29 April 2017, Saturday

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is evaluating plans to send as many as 5,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, where America's longest war has hit a stalemate and local security forces have become overwhelmed by rising violence. The Pentagon is considering options that incl...

Last month, an Iranian media outlet posted an interview with an Iranian sniper near Mosul. The interview was conducted in October of last year, several days following the launch of the Mosul campaign, according to the report. While the operative may have been exaggerating when he clai...

It doesn’t take long for Americans to turn a mental health condition into a punchline. If we keep our desks too neat, we joke that we have obsessive-compulsive disorder. If we space out during a meeting, we lament that we have attention deficit disorder. And, increasingly, if we had a...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, in one of his first directives while heading the Pentagon, subtly ordered military leaders to accelerate internal procedures for initiating, vetting and approving combat valor awards, Military Times has learned, a significant policy shift mea...

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BAGHDAD - U.S. service member was killed in an explosive device blast outside of Mosul, Iraq, on Saturday, according to a release from Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. The Pentagon on Saturday did not provide any further details, stating further information would ...

Asserting that India has never committed any atrocities on the people of Gilgit or forcefully occupied its land like Pakistan, senior leader from Gilgit Baltistan Abdul Hamid Khan stated that if a referendum was to take place then the people from the disputed territory would chose New...

I sympathise with your concerns, the fact is that some JVs with Turkey have already realised concrete products, made in KSA..all the other projects are big to mega ones so it will take time to see fruits coming out of them, What is nice about it all is that it is all being implemented...

In April 1970, 22-year-old James Speed Hensinger , an enlisted man in the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, was stationed at a compound in Phu Tai, west of the coastal city of Qui Nhon, Vietnam. Over the course of several nights, a lone Viet Cong fighter had repeatedly crept in amon...

“To meet the presidential 2002 direction to initially rapidly field and update missile defense capabilities as well as the 2009 announcement to deploy missile defenses in Europe, MDA has undertaken and continues to undertake highly concurrent acquisitions. Concurrency is broadly defin...

This guy is wanted for so many terror attacks that for a pardon he will play the tunes which Pakistani people are desperately waiting for. So I won't be surprised if he says he surrendered because Umar Khalid Khurrasani is a cow vigilante and banned beef for TTP and JuA.

Ground-based artillery fired in counterfire or in fire support to maneuver roles is not classified as a strike, they added. A strike, as defined by the coalition, refers to one or more kinetic engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single or cumula...

Below you will find the final paper in my CSAF series. As with the first paper (Revitalizing Squadrons) and the second paper (Strengthening Joint Leaders and Teams), the third paper directly aligns with our strategic documents. The third focus area is Enhancing Multi-domain Command an...

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The U.S. Air Force test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile which traveled over 4,000 miles before splashing down in the South Pacific after launching early Wednesday from a base in California. The nuclear-capable missile was unarmed, according to the Air Force, and comes amid...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Held captive by the Japanese during World War II, Florence Ebersole Smith Finch was tortured and forced to curl up in a 2-foot-by-4-foot box. She endured by repeatedly telling herself: "I will survive." "And my goodness, she did," said her daughter, Betty Murphy, of Ith...

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(Pajhwok): The process of extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan has been set in motion, a news report said on Friday. The move is expected to give China a key role in the global war on terrorism, besides boosting its negotiating capability with India and...

U.S. Army Africa leverages the Total Army and uses a regional focus, embedded in the Army's global engagement strategy to strengthen African land forces and regional organizations. These foundational capabilities help synchronize efforts and provide options to prevent conflict, shape ...

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MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — The military airplane crashed into a mountain in the north-western region of Artemisa, Reuters reports, citing local media. It had departed from the Baracoa airport west of Havana. The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces confirmed that a military plane c...

On the VEERGATI day of Azad, The Bombay Talkies Studios pays tribute to Chandrashekhar Azad with its film "RASHTRAPUTRA" in 26 Indian and Foreign languages. “RASHTRAPUTRA” showcases the multidimensional giant personality of the forgotten hero Chandrashekhar Azad. Written, Edited and D...

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Pakistan claimed on Thursday that at least 13 Indian spies were also among those killed in a massive US bomb blast targeting Islamic State’s regional affiliate in Afghanistan. On April 13, the Pentagon announced that the US military dropped the ‘Mother of All Bombs (MOAB)’ – the large...

U.S. Pacific Command detected what we assess was a North Korean missile launch at 5:33 a.m. KST April 29. The ballistic missile launch occurred near the Puk Chang airfield. The missile did not leave North Korean territory. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) determine...

Several terrorists killed in Khyber Agency air strikes: ISPR JAMRUD: Pakistani forces carried out targeted air strikes in the Khyber Agency on Wednesday, killing several terrorists who had crossed over from Afghanistan. “On credible intelligence regarding movement of terrorists from N...

The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has completed the final guided firing of the Meteor long-range air-to-air missile from a Rafale omnirole combat aircraft. The integration flight test involved firing of the Meteor missile at an air target and was supported by Dassault Aviati...

7 Fast Facts About the Navy's Newest Radar AMDR will help keep the world a safer place Share Raytheon is building the U.S. Navy's next-generation integrated air and missile defense radar, AMDR , which will significantly increase the ability of ships to detect and counter ballistic mis...

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Long before Trevor Ruth put on an Army uniform, he saw his first helicopter at a school in Missouri. Ruth, at the time a youth counselor, saw the UH-60 Black Hawk land as he drove past the school. He pulled over into a parking lot and took photos. More than four years later, now-Chief...

“South Korea and US strike forces began a drill in the East Sea from 6pm (09:00 GMT) today against the backdrop of the current security situation,” South Korean Navy officials announced, referring to the Sea of Japan, as cited by Yonhap news agency. Apart from the USS Carl Vinson, the...